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[Alexandr Korol]

on Wednesday, and on the fourth day, Thursday, comes God’s creation of birds and fish. Now, the etymology section. I see an image from my own city, St. Petersburg, showing a statue in a museum: “A Roman copy of a statue of Zeus, the god from whom the tradition of naming Thursday after the celestial deity of Thunder and its planet originates in many languages. In most modern Romance languages, the day retains its name after the Roman god Jupiter, who is the god of the heavens and thunder. ‘Thursday,’ in literal translation from Japanese, means ‘tree day.’ In Jewish and Christian traditions, Thursday is traditionally considered the fifth day of the week, which is reflected in the Greek language: ‘pempti’ – ‘fifth,’ and in Hebrew: ‘Yom Hamishi’ – ‘Fifth Day.’ Among Quakers, Thursday is known as ‘Fifth Day’ because they avoid the traditional English name, considering it to have pagan origins.” You see, here we have a struggle between cultures and traditions – everyone trying to separate themselves from something by renaming things. And in the end, they confused everything and drove themselves into chaos. Next: “On Thursday, forty days after Easter, the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord is celebrated, when Jesus Christ ascended to heaven.” Well, I think that’s everything. “In Catholicism, the day is officially called Green (Dies viridium). According to the Thai solar calendar, Thursday is associated with the color orange.”

“Friday – The day of the week between Thursday and Saturday. The sixth day (‘Friday’) of God’s creation of the world, the appearance of animals and humans. In most Slavic languages, including Russian, the name ‘Friday’ comes from the number ‘five,’ as Friday was considered the fifth day ‘of the week’ (after Sunday). Among the ancient Romans, Friday was dedicated to Venus. The Greek name for Friday comes from the verb ‘to prepare, to make.’ ‘Friday,’ in literal translation from Japanese, means ‘gold day.’” As with the other days of the week, the name originates from one of the seven celestial bodies. You see? And this is exactly the period of time happening now. We are literally coming to understand time in the truest sense of the word. These stages of creation – all of this is emerging from chaos, in the moment of chaos, in this period of time, and one of these days is the creation of these celestial lights. That is, if I’m not mistaken, Wednesday is the celestial lights; Thursday is the animals; Friday is humans. And now, these celestial lights – now we are analyzing them: seven celestial bodies, seven planets, seven days of the week. “In Judaism, Friday is the day of